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The alpha versions of Plasma 6, Gear 24.02 and Frameworks 6 are now available. (cdn.masto.host)

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The alpha versions of Plasma 6, Gear 24.02 and Frameworks 6 are now available.

Note that "Alpha" means NOT ready for production! Use for testing and reporting bugs only. End users: keep clear.

This is a testing version of KDE's 6th Megarelease. The final version is scheduled to be available in February.

Read the full announcement to get more details on how to get this software onto your test machine and contribute feedback to the devs.

https://kde.org/announcements/kdes-6th-megarelease-alpha

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Woah, love the animation!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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Remember: you too can contribute to KDE by becoming a Supporting Member:

https://kde.org/fundraisers/plasma6member/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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I don't use PayPal btw.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

@[email protected] @[email protected] 🥳

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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For those curious, the "Building #Plasma6 " animation was made using @kdenlive and then @krita's cel-animation feature.

The whole thing was then finally put together again in Kdenlive.

Yes, we eat our own dog food at #KDE.

After a couple of false starts, the Krita animation tool proved surprisingly easy to use.

Here is the whole thing, but smooth:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Sorry: videos don't carry over from Mastodon in the comments. Here it is.